Jewelry

aChuisle_moChroi wrote: »

Wow! What beautiful pieces, @RunsWithBees and @AnnPT77 ! Thanks for sharing. I wish I had your talent.

Thank you!

Truly, it's less a matter of talent, more a matter of learning some craftsy skills. Basic earrings, necklaces and bracelets are quite easy to make, and require skills that anyone can learn in a few hours. A basic earring set with a commercial earwire and simple dangle is less than a 10 minute effort. Usually these days, I make my own ear wires, so I can have more interesting shapes, so maybe another 10 minutes.

The biggest obstacle to getting into it is needing a couple types of specialized pliers, a crimping tool, and a set of flush cutters, which requires maybe $15-40 or so per tool, depending on quality.

I won't try to say it's a money savings overall for me, because now I can't resist so many pretty beads and stones, so I have quite a stash of those, and various tools (I'm very tool-crazed, sadly - beyond necessity).

@RunsWithBees, I love what you did with those drilled shells (such a nice shape), the almost ethnic-looking necklaces . . . and your simple loops are beautifully uniform. Nice!

On the one hand, these rings look pretty tiny and fine lined, which is really suitable for the girls with any finger types. Are there any earrings similar to the rings? I guess, they would look really unusual on my ears. However, not sure if they're still there. Btw, I've recently discovered earrings singapore which are pretty qualitative. What's more, they're pretty affordable. I've ordered luxe2807, they would match this ring. Perhaps, I'd buy this ring as well. The earrings I've purchased are really comfortable to wear and the quality is extraordinary for just $40.

I also like alot of the stuff lisa leonard design has. I ordered myself one of these with our family info:

This is a necklace and two pairs of earrings (only one of each in photo) that I made for a friend for Christmas. The 3 chunky rough beads are garnet (deep red) with some greenish matrix, the smoother irregular moss green with reddish beads (and some same-color round and rondelle ones) are dragon's blood jasper, the clear crystals and clear round beads are quartz, and there a few tiny round garnet beads in there, too. Same things in the earrings, with some sterling silver. Kind of crummy photo (with fuzz on the black velvet! 😬🙄🤣), but I was rushing because late in getting it finished and needed to wrap it. If I forget to photograph things I've made, I kind of forget what I've given to people.